Posters boost
info exchange

As conferences get bigger and
workshops get longer, the poster
presentation offers a valuable tool for
easy-to-access information at major
seminars and symposia.

Denise Hawthorne of General Nursing
coordinated a poster site during the 11th
Annual International Hospice Institute
Symposium in Vancouver from July 12-
16. Hawthorne’s poster, offering
conceptual information for care-delivery
at hospices, was one of 30 posters
displayed at the event which attracted
several hundred delegates from 12
countries.

Hawthorne worked with Health
Promotion Consultant Nancy Yurkovich
to select material for the display. Poster
layout and construction was then

 

completed by Instructional Media
Services. Hawthorne plans to apply to
present poster displays at the 21st
Quadrennial Congress of the International
Council of Nurses and the International
Congress on Care of the Terminally III.

“Poster presentations allow a greater
range in the variety of issues and
approaches that can be explored,”
Hawthorne says. “At this conference,
presentations ranged from the work done
by students to nurses to doctors, and with
subjects from the concrete to the abstract.

“At many conferences the posters are
staffed. Delegates visit during breaks or
free times, and this encourages dialogue
and exchange of information. I think it
often allows presenters to gain more than
they give.” I

Denise Hawthorne (right) of General Nursing worked with Health Promotion
consultant Nancy Yurkovich to develop this poster presentation on concepts of care.

Setting it straight

In the July issue of Inside, we reported that the Tzu-Chi Foundation was established

in 1922. In fact, the charitable organization was founded in 1992. We also apologize to _
citizens of Manitoba who live in the town of Gimli, not Gimley (from the story Morton
back on track). I

 

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“People were quiet, it was very
subdued. There was a family across the
aisle from me and I noticed the mother
holding the daughter’s hand, and then I
saw the husband take his wife’s other
hand and hold it. You could tell people
were nervous but there was no panic.”

Knowing the plane was near the
runway focused hopes.

 

RASHIDA ISMAIL

“T spent most of the time looking out
of the window and I was hopeful we
would make it. We knew there was a lot
of fuel still onboard and we didn’t know
if the plane was burning, but on the other
hand we knew we were only five minutes
away from landing, so the hope was
there.”

It turned out to be a “‘very long five
minutes’, but the plane finally touched
down. Following the pilot’s order to
evacuate, Ismail exited onto a wing, slid
down the wing, and then jumped to the
ground.

Five fire crews swarmed the plane on
the runway and a battalion of reporters
and TV crews greeted passengers at the
terminal. Three travellers suffered minor
injuries during the evacuation. After
spending the afternoon at the Fort
Lauderdale Hilton, passengers were
returned to the airport for an evening
flight to Toronto. Canadian Airline
officials later announced there had been
no fire, but could not explain what had
activated the fire indicator for the rear
cargo hold.

After the incident, Ismail remains
realistic about flying again.

“Tt’s something I'll have to think
over,” Ismail says, “but I think flying is
something you have to do.” I